Date this Goerz Artar 9.5" F9 red dot... and Eastman View.

[william.j.dwyer@usa.net]

Working for a friend on dating this Lens and Camera.

Goerz Artar
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Eastman View
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[william.j.dwyer@usa.net]

So far I found this...
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?117377-Eastman-View-No-2-Improved-Model-of-Century-View-and-Empire-State

[Mark Sampson]

"Red Dot" Goerz Artars are coated and post WW2. Goerz American Optical Co. was taken over by Kollmorgen and then Schneider c.1972 or so. There is some Goerz serial number info on the front page of this site. Fine lenses in any case.

[william.j.dwyer@usa.net]

https://goo.gl/photos/yUPMggZxzHmXxEe69

Full set of photo's of what I found. Guy probably won't part with the camera sadly, I might help him replace the bellows but he wants to set it up as a prop in his house... More power to him, although I wish I could own it and shoot it. Perhaps I'll keep looking for a better metal field camera.

[william.j.dwyer@usa.net]

Here's a pdf with all the research I could dig up...
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